Design

Exploring the work of Jennifer Causey and her online photo project, The Makers and the impact of the broader maker movement. People, empowered by the internet, are making things again.

Welcome to the age of adhocracy. As the opposite of bureaucracy, adhocracy cuts across accepted conventions and power structures to capture opportunities, self-organize and develop new and unexpected methodologies of production.

Anchored in high craftsmanship, sober aesthetic with an eclectic touch, Shinola looks to rejuvenate an ancient tradition in the birthplace of American industrialism: Detroit, Mi.

The concept of Mastery is a powerful one, too often lost in today’s multitasked, cross-functional times. We pride ourselves in being jacks-of-all-trades, mildly good at many things as we climb the ladder, but often remaining master of none.

Ariane Michaud and Frederique Sarrazin have created something special out of something banal: a fashionable and modern fall and winter collection made entirely of yarn.

A team of creative neighbourhood-changers that assemble as a non-profit think tank to come up with interesting ways to start conversations, renew a sense of community, and unfold curiosities.

Cities thrive when they successfully service our basic needs with intelligence and simplicity. Recovering from 60 years of automobile-focused development and sprawl, urban planners are taking things in the right direction—backwards.

Dan Hill on “dark matter”: a term borrowed from the historian Wouter Vanstiphout referring to the hidden mass of policies and power that affect decision-making, the process, as well as the success or failure of projects.

Micro-transitions give context and meaning to complex ecosystems. We just need to start looking at the invisible.